Water Cooler: Pop culture fun

A woman from California is issued a citation by undercover agents with the Clark County Department of Business Licenses for illegally selling water on the Las Vegas Strip.

Here are a few things in pop culture that caught our eye last week.

■ Clark County business license agents crack down on peddlers ■ along the Strip. Because only casinos are allowed to sell bottles of water for five bucks.

■ Contestants in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee are required to also know the definitions of spelling bee words. Just a clever scheme to convince us that things like “guetapens” are actually words.

■ Nevada state senators 86 a move by the state Assembly to make Picon Punch the official state drink. Everybody knows Nevada’s state drink already is any drink that’s comped, served with a desperation chaser.

■ Barbara Eden wows fans when, at age 78, she appears in her “I Dream of Jeannie” costume at a charity event. That tingle we’ve always gotten from seeing her in that costume now is, frankly, a little confusing.

Behind the scenes with local celebrity photographer Jerry Metellus as he talks about his Dance For Vegas coffee book dedicated to the 58 victims of the October 1 shooting. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @marcusvillagran

The Meadows School founding kindergarten teacher retires after 34 years at the school

Linda Verbon, founder of the The Meadows School's kindergarten program and the first faculty member hired at the school, retired in the spring after 34 years at The Meadows. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)